Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-05-21
HISTORY OF TIE WEEK.

On May 10, at Holidays Cave; WI
Va. Mrs. Elizabeth Baker and her nStbr
LuseIla McWha, were found dead Il,
house of the former. Their br a the
beaten by car pin, an ak W ads We're
them, Three hundred ar is living beside
longing to Mr.. Bakr ID fifty dollars be-
theory at first gjr or are missing. The
was for robbie ,en was that the murder
days ago -fy. Mr.. McWha had a few
and l> 4eceived several thousand dollars,
sn- ], went to Pittsburg to deposit it, His
..l-in-iaw, Mr.. Baker, also being absent
it is thought some one familiar with the sit
uation, but not knowing that the money
was gone, attempted robbery, and being
discovered and identified by the women,
killed them to conceal their crime. Mrs.
McWha was seventy years old and he
daughter forty. Baker, the husband ha
been arrested.
A dispatch from Wellsville, Ohio,
says that numerous citizens of that place
have devised a new plan to defeat the Dow
Liquor law. They have organized several
private clubs to encourage drinking, elected
officers, and purchased a large amount of
liquor. They meet at each others houses,
where they have high old time. The Pro
hibitionists are greatly excited over the
turn in affairs and are seeking a remedy
Many prominent citizens belong to the clubs
and say they will maintain their rights at
drunken men Saturday night
and several serious fights
occurred. The anti-whiskey people are
organizing.
At Chicago, Friday night, all build
ing operations under the control of CON
tractors who are members of the Master
Masons' and Builders Association were
shut down so far as the bricklayers and
stone masons are concerned. 1t is esti-
mated that fully 10000 workmen are now
idle in the building trades of the CITY, as the
results OF the strikes or the lockout The
general shut down lnaugurated is the out
growth OF a series OF strikes in the building
trades, and is in the nature of an attempt
by the employers to force battle with the
workmen and secure q lasting peace during
the season.
The firm Of Swan Bros, of Cheyenne
the leading cattle dealers of Wyoming made
an assignment On the 16th with liabilities
of S1,l00a,0O0, and assets .nominally the
same. The cause for the assignment is
primarily due to the action of q Daven-
port, Iowa. bank bringing suit on a note
signed by one Of the firm as surety and
this caused direct credi ors to press other
i.
The Swans claim that they will be able to
pay in full, their invoice Of bonds stocks,
lands and live stock amounting to 81 5000.
Fruit growers III the vicinity of Cen
tralia, ILL.,, are very respondent over what
promises to be the destruction by midgets
ofnearly the balance OF the strawberry crop
None of the growers had any previous
knowledge of this midget OF it's capacities
for depreciation. The growers, after exam
lining the extent of the damage done, esti-
mate it at from so to Is per cent. The
canker worm and caterpillar are at work
upon apple trees in large number of or
chards. Apples and cherries will not yield
over half crop.
The Board of Trustees of the State
University, with q view of increasing the
popularity and strength of that institution
in Ohio, are about to secure the services of
ex-President R. B. HAYES of Fremont. as
President. He will take charge of the uni
versity at the opening Of the fall term in
September. Mr.. Hayes is a graduate Of
Kenyon and Harvard colleges, and is in
every way admirably qualified for the posi-
ton Of President of the leading institution
Of learning in Ohio. The salary is $1,000 q
year.
At Lebanon, N. H., May 10, the
most destructive fire that Northern New
Hampshire has ever known occurred 1t
broke out in Mead, Mason & Co.'s furni-
ture factory. The adjoining buildings, also
occupied by Mead, Mason & Co., built Of
wood, and filled with inflamable matter,
were soon destroyed. The fire worked
southerly, burning everything in that di-
rection. The loss is 100000, with insurance
of $4,000.
A cyclone swept over Blue Springs
Gage County, Nebraska, Friday All tele
graph wires are down, and only meagre
particulars at hand. Several houses were
leveled, and church unroofed One man,
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed.
The supreme council of the Catholic
Knights of America concluded its biennial
session in Chicago. John D. Coleman. of
New Orleans, was elected supreme
vice-president; John Barr, Lebanon, XIV,
secretary; M. j. O'Bren, Chattanooga
treasurer
The business failures during the last
seven days number for the United States
1876, for Canada 80, total 1877, against 1872 last
week and 176 the corresponding week last
year. Failures are decreasing in all parts
of the country, except perhaps Canada and
the provinces.
A plan is on foot OF Lima, O., to
organize producers Oil exchange to op
pose the Standard Oil Company. The
plans have not yet been perfected, but
many of the leading oil men in the Lima
fields are interested.